Description

Continuing where they left off, Aurooba and Brian recap their experience with ACF Blocks. Next, they look at two different ways to create native WordPress blocks: using nested inner blocks and using React components. They discuss the pros and cons of all three methods, how to plan your blocks, and when to just use block patterns.

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• The code from the episode - https://github.com/viewSourcePodcast/viewSource-blocks
• Brian + ACF Team – https://twitter.com/briancoords/status/1620442914110447619 
• Brian’s ACF Blog Post - https://www.briancoords.com/documentation-for-dummies-like-me/
• Brian's website – https://www.briancoords.com
• Aurooba's website – https://aurooba.com

• (00:00) - Part 2: ACF Blocks vs Native Blocks
• (00:12) - Introduction and ACF's documentation
• (03:02) - Reviewing Aurooba's ACF block
• (05:55) - Estimated timeframe for different types of blocks
• (06:58) - A native block with innerBlocks
• (09:57) - The native block with React components
• (13:08) - Inner blocks versus block patterns
• (17:08) - The code behind the " wrapper" block
• (19:47) - Deciding which type of block to build
• (21:37) - Building a block with React components
• (24:52) - Matching the block editor's UI
• (28:21) - Wrap up - how to decide?